Meaning of "pledge"

pledge •

n.
• • 1. a promise: pangako
  • 2. a security, something that secures or makes safe: sangla, garantiya, garantiya, prenda

v.
• • 1. to mortgage or give as a security: magsangla, isangla
  • 2. to promise: mangako, pangakuan, ipangako

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bond

n.
• • 1. anything that binds: bigkis, gapos, tali, buklod
  • 2. a prisoners bonds: gapos, posas
  • 3. bail: piyansa
  • 4. a guarantee: garantiya, panagot
  • 5. a pledge, pawn: sangla
  • 6. a binding force, unity: pagkakaisa
  • 7. a certificate given, esp. by a government, for money borrowed: bono

commit

v.
• • 1. to give in trust: magkatiwala, ipagkatiwala
  • 2. to bind or involve (oneself) in any course of action, to pledge: mangako, ipangako, magpasiya, ipasiya
  • 3. to commit to jail: ibilanggo, ipabilanggo, ipasok sa bilangguan, ikulong
  • 4. to commit to an institution: ipasok, ikulong

deposit

v.
• • 1. to put in a place for safe-keeping: magdeposito, ideposito, maglagak, ilagak
  • 2. to put down: maglapag, ilapag, maglagay, ilagay
  • 3. to pay as a pledge of full payment: magdeposito, deposituhan, ideposito

n.
• • the sum deposited: deposito, lagak

pawn

v.
• • to leave something with another person as security that borrowed money will be returned, to pledge: magsangla, isangla

n.
• • 1. something left as a security: sangla
  • 2. in pawn, being in anothers possession as security: nakasangla, nasasangla

sangla

Ch n.
• • pledge (as in pawning), mortgage [var. sanla']